All United States of America articles – Page 3
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OpinionTrump’s re-election could empower peddlers of some of the worst anti-science ideas
Vaccine opponent Robert F Kennedy is reportedly poised to oversee health in Trump administration
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News‘It could be a catastrophe’: Déjà vu and panic for scientists as Trump wins second term
The research community fears another Trump presidency will be worse than the first, but the chemical and biotech sectors are more optimistic
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NewsNobel prize-winning scientists mobilise for Kamala Harris
82 Nobel laureates warn of the threat Donald Trump poses to science, climate and living standards
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BusinessDrug companies reluctantly accept state price negotiations
As legal challenges fall flat, will industry’s claims of stifled innovation be borne out?
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BusinessCalifornia sues ExxonMobil over misleading plastic recycling claims
Suit claims firm used false claims to justify producing vast amounts of single-use plastics
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NewsUS–China science and technology accord expires, maybe for the last time
Forty-five-year-old agreement has lapsed again but the US remains in contact with China on scientific cooperation
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BusinessUS industry braced for change as election looms
Regulation, trade tariffs and innovation support top lists of concerns
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NewsScience community holds its breath again as consequential US presidential election looms
A lot is riding on the November election for university researchers and science advocates, who overwhelmingly back Kamala Harris
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NewsUS government scientist union scores latest contract win
Californian scientists have followed academics in unionising and have negotiated better pay and conditions
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NewsChina cracks down on fentanyl precursor chemicals
Three fentanyl chemical ingredients will be subject to new restrictions from September
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NewsCaltech gets new theoretical chemistry centre that honours Nobel laureate
Two former chemistry postdocs pledge $30 million to build the Rudy Marcus Center
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NewsChinese-born chemist cleared of last conviction under US’s espionage probe
Court throws out Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao’s final conviction under the now-defunct China Initiative, after five-year legal fight
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NewsUS–China tensions appear to be damaging countries’ science, analysis finds
Ethnically Chinese students pursuing PhDs in the US dropped along with productivity of ethnically Chinese scientists
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NewsFDA bans use of brominated vegetable oil in food and drink
Manufacturers have one year to comply as US regulator bans additive over safety concerns
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OpinionThe US abortion drugs regulation challenge has stalled, but it will return
Having failed in the US Supreme Court, anti-abortion activists are trying other ways to prevent access to mifepristone
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NewsEcoHealth Alliance fights back against US government funding suspension
New York-based non-profit will file documents refuting allegations about inadequate oversight of NIH-funded research in China just before the pandemic
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NewsBan on most uses of dichloromethane finalised in US
New rule phases out consumer use of the chemical within a year, and prohibits most industrial and commercial uses within two years
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NewsNational Institutes for Health boosts pay for PhD students and postdocs in the US
Stipend increases apply to more than 17,000 early-career researchers
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NewsUS National Academy of Sciences launches $8m fund to support Ukraine’s science community
The fund draws on support from philanthropic organisations, including the Simons Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Foundation
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NewsNew $132 million chemistry building opens at University of Maryland
Facility will act as a focal point for quantum chemistry, molecular nanoscience and sustainability research